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Application July 9, 1946, Serial No. 682,379

1 Claim.

Our invention relates to containers and more particularly to containers for dentures.

The object of our invention is to provide a means for safely and inconspicuously storing dentures, when not in use. I

Another object of our invention is to provide a container ior dentures, which is leak-proof, so that it can be carried safely on a trip in an automobile, a pocket, a bag or the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide a container for dentures having a leak-proof housing of attractive appearance and adapted to receive a perforated basket-like inset therein provided with a hinged bail.

A still further object of our invention is to provide a basket-like inset for such a container the bail of which can be secured either in upright or horizontal position.

Other objects of our invention may appear in the following specification describing our invention with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of our invention.

It is however to be understood that our invention is not to be limited and restricted to the exact construction and combination of paits'described in the specification and shown in the drawings, but that such changes and modifications can be made, which fall within the scope of the claim appended hereto.

In the drawings;

Figure l is an elevational side view of the denture container according to our invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an elevational end View of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 in Figure 1, and

Figure 6 is a perspective View of a basket-like perforated inset used in connection with our invention.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the device forming the subject matter of our invention comprises a water-proof container it. While this container It has been shown in the drawings as having an oval outline, it is to be understood that it can have any other pleasant and attractive form. In the present embodiment it is shown as having a base II and a circumferential, outwardly extending, square flange l2, which is located at a small distance below the top edge of the container ID.

A basket-like, perforated inset 13 has an out line corresponding to the container Ill, but is provided at its longitudinal ends with elongated bosses M, which extend downwardly from the top rim of the inset I3. A bail I5 is pivotally attached to the inset l3 in the end bosses I l. These bosses are provided with horizontally arranged grooves IE and vertically extending grooves l'i projecting upwardly from the horizontal grooves and intersecting them at substantiallythe center thereof, where the pivotal attachment sockets for the bail are provided. The bail I5 is made from a spring material, and when the bail is in upright position on the inset iii, the side elements of the bail l5 are located partly in the vertical grooves I! in the end bosses Mas shown in Figures 4 and 6. When the bail I5 is arranged in-horizontal position to the inset located, inside the container.

A gasket i9 is arranged on top of the circumferential flange I2 and surrounds the container it adjacent its upper edge. The gasket is made from rubber or any other suitable and desired material.

A cover 20 is shaped substantially dome-like, but has a short downwardly extending skirt portion 21 thereon. It fits onto the container it, so that the skirt portion 2| rests on the gasket i9, when the cover 28 is placed on the container.

The cover 20 is provided with a longitudinally extending, centrally located groove 22. and a blade spring 23 is arranged in this groove 22 and secured to the cover 25 by a rivet 24 or the like.

One end of this blade spring 23 is coiled up, as indicated at 25, and this end engages the under side of the square, circumferential flange i2 on the container Ill. The other end of the spring 23 is provided with an inwardly extending projection 26 engaging the under side of the circumferential flange l2 at a point located opposite to the coiled spring end 25. From the projection 26 the spring 23 extends downwardly and outwardly and forms a finger piece 21.

When a denture is to be placed in the container Hi, the latter is filled with water or a dental solution of any desired and preferred make and kind. The denture is placed into the basket-like inset l3 and this inset is then put in the container. The cover 29 is put onto the container so that the coiled spring end 25 and the spring projection 29 engage the under side of the flange 52. The spring 23 forces the skirt portion 2! of the cover 29 into tight contact with the gasket 19, forming a leak-proof connection between the cover 29 and the container 10.

This container can be carried easily, conveniently, and safely in a pocket, a bag, suit-case and 1e like. If it is used at home, a container ac cording to our invention furnishes a storing place for dentures, which does not offend the most sensitive and fastidious person and does away with the unpleasant sight of dentures resting in a glass partially filled with water or mouth wash.

When the dentures are to be removed from the container, the cover 29 is removed, the basket-like inset I3 is lifted and the bail I5 is arranged in horizontal position to either side, so that it rests in the horizontal grooves l6 and on the top rim of the container, supporting the inset above the liquid level in the container 19. This facilitates the handling of the dentures.

The container 19 as well as the inset l3 and the cover 29 can be made from any preferred suitable material, such as plastic of any desired color, glass, metal or the like.

Having described our invention we claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

A container for dentures and comprising an open-top outer receptacle having a quantity of liquid therein, water-tight covering means therefor, an inner basket-like, perforated dentureholding receptacle receivable in the outer receptacle and provided on the outer surface at opposite sides thereof with a pair of elongated bosses which extend downwardly from the lip of the inner receptacle, a horizontal groove in each of said bosses and a vertical groove extending up- 4 wardly therefrom to said lip and intersecting the horizontal groove at substantially the center thereof and there provided with a socket, a resilient bail formed with ends receivable respectively in the sockets in said bosses and adjacent bail portions disposable selectively in the vertical grooves for lifting of the inner receptacle, and in one or other of the horizontal groove sections on either side of said sockets for positioning the bail laterally to support the inner receptacle thereby on the open top of the outer receptacle for draining liquid from the inner receptacle and dentures positioned therein, said sockets being disposed below said lip of the inner receptacle a distance sufficient to raise the bottom thereof above the liquid level in the outer receptacle when the bail is positioned in said horizontal groove sections thereby to facilitate said draining of the liquid and the handling of the dentures in removing the same from the inner receptacle.

EARL L. MARSHALL. ROBERT J. HARTEL.

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